Experience Sicily

Tag: sausage

  • Hot Sausage Sounds Good

    In Medieval times while in Caccamo, you definitely would have wanted to be on this side of the view from the castle, because if not, you may have been in line to have hot oil poured on you as a means of defence! However, this Sunday, you won’t mind being down on the streets below,…

  • Buona Pasquestta! Easter Monday 

    Pasquetta, or Easter Monday, is a day to celebrate spring’s arrival with good friends. At my cousin Evelina’s home two years ago, that meant firing up the outdoor grill and cooking a big feast featuring local sausages and other specialties. Buona festa! 

  • The Joy of Sausage 

    This weekend in Petralia Sottana in the Madonie Mountains, the townspeople are celebrating the Festa dei Sapori Madoniti, a harvest festival celebrating the abundance of autumn from their mountain-driven agriculture. When talking about the Madonie Mountains, that means outstanding sausage. My cousin Salvo makes a regular pilgrimage from Bagheria (on the coast) to Caccamo or…

  • What Swine is It?

    Sicily’s cuisine is extremely varied from one province of the island to the next. The sausage pictured is typical of the Nebrodi Mountains, the forested, rugged range just north of Mount Etna. When paired with Etna Rosso, the micro-region’s red wine, this local specialty that is made with meat from the Sicilian Black Swine, a…